Men’s & Women’s Tennis Results

Written by: Staff on 8th October 2013

Men's & Women's Tennis Results

epa03898840 Novak Djokovic of Serbia in action against Rafael Nadal of Spain in the men's singles finals at the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, 06 October 2013. EPA/ADRIAN BRADSHAW |

****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******

* Federer makes progress toward London without striking a ball: Gasquet upset by Pospisil

* Bad day for Frenchmen: Simon only other seed to lose

* Dimitrov still below Top 25 after loss to Nishikori

* Almagro likely to replace Janowicz in Top Fifteen after win

* Raonic, Robredo also advance

* Anderson scores first win since U. S. Open

* Dodig may lose Top Thirty spot after loss to Melzer

* No Top Forty spot for Nieminen after loss to Lopez

* Tomic out to Chardy, loses chance to clinch Top Fifty spot

****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******

Shanghai

Canadians doubled up for a pair of wins, with Vasek Pospisil dealing a blow to Richard Gasquet’s qualifying chances for the season-ending ATP event with a 6-3, 6-4 upset of the French ninth seed. Milos Raonic, seeded tenth and tenth in the race to London, then earned an opening victory as he beat Michel Przysiezny 6-4, 6-4.

Pospisil fired 10 aces and broke twice in his 69-minute demolition of Gasquet. “The key was to stay aggressive the whole the time, even in the big moments, going for my shots,” said the 23-year-old, Pospisil, ranked 43rd. “I was really proud of myself that when the tight situations came up I was going for my shots. It worked out today and I’m very happy. It’s a huge win for me.”

With weather from a typhoon still buffeting the city, matches were played under the roof for a second straight day.

A second French seed lost as Benoit Paire beat number 13 Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-3. Simon withdrew last week from Tokyo with a groin strain. Japan’s 12th seed Kei Nishikori beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-4 and Spanish seeds Nicolas Almagro and Tommy Robredo both earned wins.

Roger Federer will take a 9-0 record against Andreas Seppi into his opening match after the Italian booked his spot against the four-time champion with a 6-4, 6-2 defeat of Lleyton Hewitt.

The 54th-ranked Hewitt dropped the first set and trailed 4-0 in the second before getting in a winning game. Seppi took victory with four breaks of serve against the 32-year-old Australian. Seppi has so far been easy prey for Federer, who beat last him twice in 2012 and has lost just one set over nine matches.

But nothing is taken for granted. “It’s a difficult first match for me. Seppi will be tough, he’s a very good player,” said Federer, currently fighting to claim a place in the eight-man season-ending championships next month in London, standing provisional seventh with four spots still open.

Feliciano Lopez defeated Tokyo quarter-finalist Jarkko Nieminen, 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-3 while German Philipp Kohlschreiber beat China’s Gong Mao-Xin, 7-5, 6-2. Kevin Anderson staged a comeback over Victor Hanescu, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4). Fabio Fognini won an all-Italian battle with Paolo Lorenzi, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 and Jeremy Chardy defeated Bernard Tomic 7-5, 6-2.

******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Shanghai (1000/Hard). Defending Champion: Novak Djokovic

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Moscow (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Andreas Seppi

Stockholm (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Tomas Berdych

Vienna (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Juan Martin del Potro

******** STATS AND FACTS ********

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of October 8, 2013

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Nadal………….11170

2..(2) Djokovic……….10130

3..(4) Ferrer………….6720

4..(3) Murray………….6295

5..(5) Del Potro……….4935

6..(6) Berdych…………4260

7..(7) Federer…………4165

8..(8) Wawrinka………..3070

9.(10) Gasquet…………3060

10..(9) Tsonga………….2945

11.(11) Raonic………….2815

12.(12) Haas……………2220

13.(13) Isner…………..2070

14.(16) Almagro…………2065

15.(14) Simon…………..2060

16.(15) Janowicz………..2060

17.(17) Fognini…………1920

18.(18) Nishikori……….1840

19.(19) Robredo…………1830

20.(20) Anderson………..1775

21.(21) Youzhny…………1735

22.(22) Seppi…………..1555

23.(25) Melzer………….1460

24.(23) Kohlschreiber……1445

25.(26) Paire…………..1380

26.(24) Tipsarevic………1355

27.(28) Gulbis………….1341

28.(27) Dimitrov………..1340

29.(29) Dodig…………..1300

30.(30) Lopez…………..1275

**DRAWS

Shanghai — Week of October 7

1 Djokovic

–bye

Granollers

Tipsarevic

Lorenzi (Q)

Fognini

Montanes

16 Robredo

9 Gasquet

Pospisil

Ito (Q)

Monfils

Hewitt (WC)

Seppi

–bye

5 Federer

3 Ferrer

–bye

Benneteau

Rosol

Wu (WC)

F Mayer

Paire

13 Simon

12 Nishikori

Dimitrov

Melzer

Dodig

Youzhny

Andujar

–bye

7 Tsonga

6 del Potro

–bye

Kohlschreiber

Gong (WC)

Falla (Q)

Brands

Querrey

11 Haas

15 Almagro

Soeda (Q)

Chardy

Tomic

Lopez

Nieminen

–bye

4 Berdych

8 Wawrinka

–bye

Hanescu

Anderson

Zhang (WC)

Verdasco

Przysiezny (Q)

10 Raonic

14 Isner

Giraldo (Q)

Tursunov

Berlocq

Dolgopolov

Russell (Q)

–bye

2 Nadal

******** SCORES ********

TUESDAY

Shanghai

Singles – First Round

V Pospisil (CAN) d [9] R Gasquet (FRA) 63 64

[10] M Raonic (CAN) d [Q] M Przysiezny (POL) 64 64

[12] K Nishikori (JPN) d G Dimitrov (BUL) 63 64

B Paire (FRA) d [13] G Simon (FRA) 64 63

[15] N Almagro (ESP) d [Q] G Soeda (JPN) 76(5) 62

[16] T Robredo (ESP) d A Montanes (ESP) 64 61

F Fognini (ITA) d [Q] P Lorenzi (ITA) 46 76(5) 64

A Seppi (ITA) d [WC] L Hewitt (AUS) 64 62

J Melzer (AUT) d I Dodig (CRO) 46 63 64

P Kohlschreiber (GER) d [WC] M Gong (CHN) 75 62

D Brands (GER) d [Q] A Falla (COL) 76(3) 75

J Chardy (FRA) d B Tomic (AUS) 75 62

F Lopez (ESP) d J Nieminen (FIN) 76(2) 46 63

K Anderson (RSA) d V Hanescu (ROU) 46 76(5) 76(4)

F Verdasco (ESP) d [WC] Z Zhang (CHN) 75 62

A Dolgopolov (UKR) d [Q] M Russell (USA) 61 63

****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******

* King upsets Pennetta, who loses Top Thirty chance

* Robson also upset in Osaka

* Lisicki struggles past Scheepers; Keys cruises

* Medina Garrigues crushed by Zhang, will probably end year outside Top Hundred

* Giorgi upsets Goerges in Linz; German will fall to around #75

* Ivanovic, Flipkens, Cibulkova, Suarez Navarro win

* Cirstea upset by Mayr-Achleitner after breezing through first set

* Stephens beats Rybarikova to keep faint Istanbul hopes alive

****** TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS ******

Linz

Fourth seed Carla Suarez Navarro led seeds to first-round wins as she beat Czech Kristyna Pliskova 6-2, 6-3. Slovak No. 7 Dominika Cibulkova followed suit as she put out German Annika Beck 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Belgian fifth seed Kirsten Flipkens defeated British-based Croatian Donna Vekic 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. Italian Camila Giorgi defeated near-namesake Julia Goerges of Germany 6-2, 6-3 to move into the second round at what for many players is their last event of the WTA season.

Osaka

Wimbledon finalist and second seed Sabine Lisicki made a winning start as she beat South African Chanelle Scheepers 7-5, 7-6(1) and remains the tournament high seed after the pullout of Jelena Jankovic. The winner hit five aces and was helped by eight double-faults from her nervous opponent. She next plays Polona Hercog of Slovenia, who defeated Czech Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 5-7, 6-1.

Italian fourth seed Flavia Pennetta lost 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 to American Vania King. There was a place in the second round for US sixth seed Madison Keys, a winner over Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-3, 6-2.

Brit Laura Robson, aged 19 and seeded seventh, joined compatriot and 2012 champion Heather Watson as a victim, going out to 43-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-4, 6-4. French ninth seed Kristina Mladenovic beat Aleksandra Wozniak 7-6(4), 6-4 as the Canadian makes a tough comeback from a shoulder injury suffered 13 months ago. Canada went 0-2 on the day when China’s Zheng Jie beat Sharon Fichman 6-2, 6-1.

Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova defeated Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan 6-2 6-2 while teenaged Swiss qualifier Belinda Bencic put out American Lauren Davis 6-3, 7-5 and Thai Luksika Kumkhum defeated Japan’s Ayumi Morita 6-2, 6-1.

******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

THIS WEEK ON THE WTA:

Linz (International/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Victoria Azarenka

Osaka (International/Hard). Defending Champion: Heather Watson

NEXT WEEK ON THE WTA:

Moscow (Premier/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Caroline Wozniacki

Luxembourg (International/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Venus Williams

************ STATS AND FACTS ************

**RANKINGS

Estimated WTA Rankings As of October 8, 2013

Rank &

Prior

Rank….Name…………..Points

1 (1) SWilliams 13260

2 (2) Azarenka 8206

3 (3) Sharapova 6941

4 (4) ARadwanska 6195

5 (5) Li 5365

6 (6) Errani 4435

7 (7) Kvitova 4315

8 (8) Jankovic 3860

9 (9) Wozniacki 3845

10 (10) KERBER 3645*

11 (11) Vinci 3195

12 (12) STEPHENS 3185*

13 (13) Bartoli 3172

14 (14) LISICKI 2830*

15 (15) Kirilenko 2755

16 (17) Halep 2685

17 (16) IVANOVIC 2675*

18 (18) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2665*

19 (19) FLIPKENS 2455*

20 (20) STOSUR 2440*

21 (21) CIRSTEA 2170

22 (23) CIBULKOVA 2155*

23 (22) Kuznetsova 2142

24 (24) Makarova 2066

25 (25) Vesnina 1960

26 (27) Cornet 1790

27 (26) Hampton 1781

28 (28) Safarova 1775

29 (29) Kanepi 1751

30 (30) Pavlyuchenkova 1750

**DRAWS

Linz — Week of October 7

1 Stephens

Rybarikova

Petkovic

Meusburger

Moser (WC)

Voegele

Knapp

7 Hantuchova

4 Flipkens

Wickmayer

Ka. Pliskova

Schiavone

Begu

Qualifier

Beck

6 Cibulkova

8 Zakopalova

Vekic

Goerges

Qualifier

Svitolina

Barthel

Qualifier

3 Suarez Navarro

5 Cirstea

Mayr-Achleitner (WC)

Qualifier

Cadantu

Klaffner (WC)

Niculescu

2 Ivanovic

Osaka — Week of October 7

1 Jankovic (WC)

Wozniak

Fichman

Zheng

Zhang

Medina Garrigues

Qualifier

6 Keys

3 Stosur

Larsson

Davis

Qualifier

Doi

Soler-Espinosa

Date-Krumm

7 Robson (WC)

5 Bouchard

Lepchenko

Mladenovic

Morita

Hsieh

Qualifier

4 Pennetta

8 Puig

Watson

Nara (WC)

Garcia

Hercog

Cetkovska

Scheepers

2 Lisicki

******** SCORES ********

TUESDAY

Linz

Singles – First Round

(2) Sloane Stephens (USA) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 63 61

(3) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 62 64

(4) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. (Q) Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 62 63

(5) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. Donna Vekic (CRO) 26 62 62

(WC) Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) d. (6) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 16 63 64

(7) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Annika Beck (GER) 36 62 61

Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 63 75

(Q) Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. Julia Goerges (GER) 62 63

(Q) Katarzyna Piter (POL) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 62 46 63

(LL) Maryna Zanevska (UKR) d. (Q) Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 75 26 62

Doubles – First Round

Murray/Windley (GBR/GBR) d. Slater/South (GBR/GBR) 76(4) 67(5) 104 (Match TB)

Pliskova/Pliskova (CZE/CZE) d. Niculescu/Zakopalova (ROU/CZE) 63 36 103 (Match TB)

Osaka

Singles – First Round

(3) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) 64 62

(5) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 63 60

(8) Monica Puig (PUR) d. Heather Watson (GBR) 64 64

Misaki Doi (JPN) d. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 61 62

(WC) Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 63 62

Doubles – First Round

(1) Kops-Jones/Spears (USA/USA) d. Date-Krumm/Scheepers (JPN/RSA) 63 64

(2) Mladenovic/Pennetta (FRA/ITA) d. Cetkovska/Zheng (CZE/CHN) 64 62

Hsieh/Hsieh (TPE/TPE) d. Aoyama/Chang (JPNTPE) 62 63

Singles Qualifying – Final Round

(1) Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Eri Hozumi (JPN) 62 61

(5) Luksika Kumkhum (THA) d. (2) Vania King (USA) 63 75

(3) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d. Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 63 62

Belinda Bencic (SUI) d. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 57 62 50 ret. (heat illness)

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